Friday, March 9, 2012

What interest does America have with Joseph Kony in 2012? Joseph Kony is an African warlord and leader
of the Lords Resistance Army in the African nations of Congo, Sudan, and Uganda. Kony’s LRA army is said to be composed mostly
of children. There is a video on Youtube
made by the charity group Invisible Children that has millions of views from
people demanding that Americans take action against Joseph Kony and the LRA. Invisible Children is asking their supporters
to pressure influential celebrities and policy makers
to promote the cause of Kony 2012.
Celebrities such as Tim Tebow, Justin Bieber, Oprah Winfrey, Bill
Clinton and several others were targeted in a campaign designed to rally
American public support to Invisible Children’s cause of Kony 2012. Their ultimate goal is to bring public
pressure to ensure that the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan army
until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been completely disarmed. Invisible Children says that the United
States needs to follow through all the way to the finish with what they have
started.

Ugandan Blogger says that Kony 2012 doesn't tell the whole story

Thank goodness that our foreign policy is not based on the
Oprah Winfrey Show and the number of thumbs up on a Youtube video. There are plenty of warlords in Iraq and
Afghanistan and we need to get out of those countries, not get into more countries. We probably will not leave the middle-east
any better than we found it over a decade ago when we first decided to take on
this task of nation building. These Middle
Eastern and African countries need to change internally. We can not build their culture and that is
what needs to change. The capture of one
man, whether it is Kony or Bin Laden, will only cause a different leader to rise up and lead the various rebel groups around the world.

Black Hawk super64 before it was shot down in the
battle of Mogadishu

Something just didn’t smell right to me about this whole
Kony 2012 story. Why was America suddenly
involved in African police actions again?
Doesn’t anyone remember Black hawk down? If you don't remember that event, it was when U.S. soldiers were attacked by rebels during an African peace keeping mission. America lost 19 army rangers and 73 more were wounded. Two black hawk's were shot down and the dead bodies of American soldiers were dragged through the streets. That was in Mogadishu, Somalia 1993, so shouldn’t the region be stabilized by now
since we were getting Americans killed over there twenty years ago? No, well how much blood do we have to shed
in African civil wars? Will America be
allowed to rule these countries and profit from them? Heaven forbid such exploitation and --dare I
say-- colonization of these “independent” nations. No, America is simply expected to come in
clean up the mess and turn the nations over to a different warlord.

America will hand over tons of American tax payer money to build
schools and train their army and police forces of African nations before we leave the region in failure after ten
years. The problems of these nations are
NEVER solved through American intervention; the only change that we ever seem to impose is a
change in leadership. How is Afghan
President Karzai working out for us?
Karzai already told his nation that he would fight against
America if we had a war with Pakistan. We continue to prop up the Karzai government in Afghanistan, even though that nation makes it clear that we are not welcome there. The same was true in Iraq, and it will be true in any African nation. If we want to capture Kony in 2012, it will take significant investment and military intervention. The cost to stop the LRA is not in America's interests.

Are the nations of
Africa independent nations or are they ruled by the United Nations? If they are independent nations, then perhaps
they need to step up and stomp out their own insurgencies. We do not need to be involved in every civil
war in the world. If we do capture Kony in 2012 and somehow we miraculously disarm the LRA, someone else will step up and lead the
next insurgency. That is how the history
of Africa has been for thousands of years. This is why there are hot spots all over the continent of Africa.

America funded the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.
After the Cold war they transformed into Al Qaeda.

If we arm a group to
kill Kony in 2012, then will we be blamed for arming that group when they go crazy? If the Ugandan army invades South Sudan or the
Congo do we have to get involved in those conflicts as well? Remember when we sided with the Mujahideen in
Afghanistan against the Soviet Union?
Every liberal in the world does, and they tell us that the CIA funded Osama Bin Laden. I don’t want to fund any more
Bin Ladens especially in a country that does not effect me at all.

We need to learn from our nation building mistakes. We have spent enough blood and treasure
fighting the wars of other nations. How
did our war in Libya go? Kaddafi is not
bombing his own people, but now the Muslim extremists are getting their revenge on former supporters of the state. Just
because some group puts together a propaganda video like Kony 2012, it doesn’t mean that America
needs to get involved. Last week someone had us sending troops to Syria, new week it will be Iran, there are floods in Pakistan so we should be there as well? No, this is an American military that has constitutional restrictions to protect America. Our military is not a world police force. Do you remember how long it took America to
capture Bin Laden? Do you want to see
another ten years of wasted American lives and billions of wasted American dollars
sent over to the Government of Uganda to slaughter the children that are fighting for Kony
and the LRA?

There are reports that the Ugandan government has committed
similar atrocities as Kony and the LRA.
We do not know the whole story, so do not allow one video on Youtube
form your opinion for you. Look at the
big picture and in the end you should side with America, not Uganda. This
war in Uganda has been going on for twenty years, and Kony is not fighting
himself. The Invisible Children charity
is not a unbiased source of information either.
They stand to raise millions of dollars with this campaign. Only 38% of that money will go to the people
in danger if they follow their current business model. The rest of the money is used
by the organization to promote itself and pay it's employees large salaries.

Is the International criminal court (ICC) really an organization that we should be supporting? The video above says no. They claim that the ICC has muddied the situation and caused Kony to fight for his life rather than fight for his cause. Uganda has been relatively safe for a few years, so this whole cause of Kony 2012 is designed to find a force that has been exiled to the bush of the Congo. Do we want peace or justice, and why would we want to give legitimacy to the ICC? The ICC is a court that has a filing on record accusing President George Bush of war crimes. Do we really want to empower this body and give them legitimacy to punish American soldiers?

Another strange thing is the timing of Kony 2012. What happens at the end of 2012? An election! Isn't is funny how the production Kony 2012 also shows its supporters painting Obama Hope posters? It makes me wonder what is really behind this propaganda video. We will soon find out if Kony 2012 is being used as a political tool. Until we know for sure, I will continue to say no to Kony 2012 and any American involvement in the region.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Honest Abe: He always tried to be a moral politician
As a lawyer he never took a casethat he did not believe in.

In politics today a lot of people
want to set morality aside and overlook the immoral lifestyles of today’s
politicians. So what if Obama grew up a
Muslim and went to a radical black liberation theology church for twenty
years. So what if Obama’s preacher,
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, said “God damn America”. So what if Obama admitted to using hard illegal drugs like Cocaine.
So what if Obama broke dozens of campaign promises and lies to the
American people on a regular basis. Hey
it is politics, and we overlook some of the sleaziest things when “our guy” is
guilty of immoral behavior.

My newest pet peeve is this idea
that “it’s politics; so of course they are going to say what they need to say
in order to get elected”. Hillary
Clinton embraced this point when she told Tunisia to ignore campaign rhetoric. Essentially, she told the world not to pay
attention to America’s leaders because we are a bunch of liars. After hearing that do you think that the Arab world believes us when we say that America is not at war with Islam? The lack of morality and accountability is
unacceptable in today’s politics. I
realize that most of our politicians are lawyers that are trained to lie in
order to get their way in court. That
doesn’t mean that we have to look the other way while we are lied to in
politics. The government expects us to
trust our leaders to make decisions that are in the best interests of the American
people. I have absolutely no trust in this government. They
don’t give me any reason to trust them, and I am not alone.

The government gives us unemployment numbers and forecasts that do not represent reality. We have stimulus packages that only stimulated debt and the pockets of crony capitalists that “invest”
in candidates. We also have a healthcare
bill that very few people wanted, but everyone has to pay for. We have representatives that do not represent
the people, because they are too busy representing their party. This is evident during the townhall meetings before healthcare when several congressmen refused to face
their constituents’ opposition to their votes.

You might be wondering how bad
political decision making is linked to morality. There is a direct link between the
two. If a politician lives his personal
life with a me-first attitude, then of course he is going to bring that same
attitude with him into politics. Most of
the people that we are electing into political office are political
opportunists. They have lied their whole
lives, and put political agendas and big money donors before the people that
they are supposed to be serving. Their consciouses
have been seared with a hot iron, and they do not see a problem with politics
as usual. Many of them preach family
values, yet they live their lives completely different than they preach. I am not just talking about the Democrat
party here, I am talking about all of our politicians.

The sad thing about this situation
is that people look in the mirror and forgive the mistakes of our leaders. People think that politicians are entitled to a second chance because many of us have fallen victim to the same mistakes as our leaders. I pointed out Newt Gingrich’s three wives,
and someone told me that I have obviously never been divorced. This man was justifying Gingrich’s behavior which led to two failed marriages because it reflected his own past. The difference is that this man is not running for President of the United
States. What the man that I was talking with does with his life
is his business. What you do with your
life is your business, but what a President of the United States did in his
life is everyone’s business. I don't want my president to be my intellectual and moral equal. I want someone that is better than me to serve as the president of the United States.

We have 300 million people in
this country. Can’t we set the bar a
little higher than it is currently set?
I don’t want to have a beer with the president. I don’t want my president to be Joe Blow the
taxi cab driver. I want the best of the
best to lead our country. I don’t want
to simply measure his intellectual capacity; I want to know that our leader is has a constant focus on morality. Not a focus like Bill Clinton, who lied about his morality in order to protect his image. I want a person of moral character that is proud of the life that he lives. A man that wants to serve the American people out of a sense of duty, not as a sense of opportunity.

Have you ever heard the term
evil genius? It is about time that we
stop placing smooth talkers, guys that we want to have a beer with, and evil geniuses
into positions of power. We need to start electing men of high moral character that can
get the job done. How much is trust
worth to you? I would like to trust the
government to serve me for a change wouldn’t you? Until America raises its expectations and demands to a certain level of morality in politics, we will continue to be lied to and
misrepresented by politicians. We need
to stop defending liars and hypocrites on the political stage if we want some
real hope and change in America. The support of the lesser of two evils is getting old. I don't want to put my support behind anyone that is evil, even if he is less evil than the other guy. It is about time for Americans to start to insist that we have men of high character to lead our nation.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Attacks from the left are nothing new forConservative Radio Show host Rush Limbaugh

There is an attack on the free speech of Conservatives and
Christians in America. This attack has
been ongoing for years. Occasionally
these attacks will get some media attention around Christmas time. During the celebration of Jesus Christ’s
birth, atheists tend to target manger scenes and other displays of Christian
faith on both public and private lands. These
attacks go mostly unnoticed throughout the rest of the year, but the political
left wages war on the freedom of speech throughout the entire year here in
America.

When the focus of a coordinated attack by left wing
activists is the free speech of a conservative media giant like Rush Limbaugh,
all Americans that value their freedom of speech should take notice. Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, a 30 year
old reproductive rights activist that went to Capitol Hill to demand Government
funded contraception, a slut. Rush then
compared Fluke to a prostitute since in essence she was asking to public to pay
for her to have sex. Whether that is
right or wrong is for you to decide.
Rush Limbaugh concluded that he was wrong and publicly apologized for
his remarks concerning Fluke after several of his advertisers removed ads from
his radio show.

The story that the media is focusing on is the story about the outrageous
comments that Rush Limbaugh made about Fluke.
Then the media and the left in general got all giddy when Rush Limbaughdecided to apologize for his
remarks. I have some bad news for them, when
someone is forced to apologize, they aren’t really sorry. Rush Limbaugh is probably sorry for losing some advertisers,
but that is about it. Those advertisers are replaceable for Rush Limbaugh. We aren't talking about some back bencher lightweight that is dependent on one or two advertisers. Rush is in demand. What the media
should be focusing on is this left wing campaign organized by a few websites to
bring a boycott against Rush Limbaugh's advertisers.

Remember when Glenn Beck had a Television show with over 2
million viewers on Fox News? He started
shining a light on powerful liberals like George Soros, Frances Fox Piven, and
Van Jones to name a few. Left wing
activists developed a boycotting war against any company that advertised on
Glenn Beck’s Fox News program. Rather
than deal with the boycott advertisers refused to support Becks highly rated
show and he was taken off of the air.
What we are witnessing here is an organized effort by powerful people to
silence their political enemies.

This should concern all Americans, because when one side is
boycotted to silence in this political war it means that the other side is sure
to find themselves on the receiving end of a counter offensive. If you are on the left and you like the idea
of silencing Rush Limbaugh, then you need to think a little deeper in this
political game of chess. You are simply
a pawn waiting to draw an attack from the powerful forces of your opposition. Do you think that the right is going to sit
idly by as they are boycotted out of existence?
I think not.

If you are
successful in silencing Rush Limbaugh, then we will see boycotting efforts used
as a political weapon against left wing organizations. Imagine a Hollywood boycott by the
right. I don’t think that the movie
industry wants to think about that. Imagine
a boycott of any company that employs labor unions. That wouldn’t be good news for any buy
American campaign now would it? Where
does it end?

It should end with recognition that this is America and
people are free to speak their minds in the political arena. If you don’t like Rush Limbaugh, then don’t
listen to him. I personally like what Rush
Limbaugh has to say, but I rarely listen to him. Now think about this, if I agree with Rush
Limbaugh most of the time and I don’t listen to him, then why are you listening
to him if you don’t like him? It makes absolutely no sense. Some people are just looking for a reason to
be offended.

Speaking of those people, it brings us full circle to the
attempts to silence Christianity by atheists that are looking to be offended. Bible believing Christians are silenced
continuously in America. I am not
talking about Westboro Christians that receive main stream media coverage
continuously as a means to mock Christianity.
I am talking about the normal everyday Christians that have made this
country great throughout our nation’s wonderful history.

The inscription on the Liberty Bell is straight out of the Bible:"proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof Lev. XXV X

Our Christian heritage is being stripped away piece by piece
from our country. Can we talk about some
of the great speeches in history in our classrooms? Is George Washington’s
thanksgiving proclamation taught during our national day of
Thanksgiving? Our current president won’t
even give thanks to God in his disgraceful Thanksgiving
address. No one dares to speak about the faith of our founding
fathers or their support of the virtues of Christianity. Those men set up this very government to
encourage the free exercise of religion, but now that same Government is the
main vehicle for silencing religion. The
Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a public courthouse, even though those
same Ten Commandments are the moral foundation that our law is built upon. There is no prayer in schools, the very same
public schools that were established so that Americans could learn to read
their Bibles and understand their American Representative form of
government.

The left wing assault on main stream America is continuing to a point where nothing is off limits. If you like Conservative radio, the left wants you take that away. If you like celebrating Christmas in your community, the left wants to keep you indoors. For those that don't believe the slippery slope analogy, just think about the Thanksgiving addresses between the historic presidents of the United States and this current President. We have gone from complete support to family values, to a mindset where conservative Christian family values and our freedom of speech is on the front lines of this culture war.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Chevy Volt was developed as a technological achievement that
was designed and produced through American ingenuity and scientific
advancement. Many of my fellow
conservatives scoff at the Chevy Volt. The Volt is viewed as a big government project that was subsidized by the Obama administration. The Volt is thought of as a crony capitalist kick back to the UAW to keep their tax payer bailed out factories at Government Motors producing green cars for Obama's liberal fantasy land. Thoughts of the Yugo and other substandard
vehicles produced in communist bloc nations during the 1980s spring to mind at
the mere mention of the Chevy Volt.
Images of Hollywood liberals driving around in their $40,000 toy cars preaching a “holier than thou” green agenda enter our minds. It is disgusting to think of the Chevy Volt being used as a tool of the wealth elites as it carries them from
their fifteen thousand square foot mansions to their private jets. Yes there are many reasons to oppose the story of the Volt, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Politicians will not let us drill our way to energy independence

None of these perceptions should force anyone in America to
oppose the concept behind the Chevy Volt.
The Volt may not be the American marvel that GM and the Obama
administration claim that it is, but it is a technology that needs to be
pursued for the good of our country. Not
for the elimination of green house gases or global warming, but for America’s
independence from foreign oil. Let’s
face the facts; we cannot get either party to drill for oil. Don’t fool yourselves about the Republican
Party either. They have held the
presidency for 20 of the last 32 years and oil prices were at their lowest point
during the Clinton years. They may be
the lesser of two evils, but they sure haven’t done us many favors on the issue
of energy independence.

Neither party has shown any support towards the idea of
America become self sufficient when it comes to energy production. George W. Bush had a Republican congress and
all that they managed to do was to send the price of oil to record highs. Both parties also support free trade
agreements that have benefited the growth of China and forced America to
compete with Communist slave labor.
These trade policies; along with government regulations on American business
and high corporate taxes have forced America into this global economy. The same economy that has increased demand
for oil in China which in turn has led to increased energy prices in America.

Oil is a global commodity, and it seems that our government
has decided that American petroleum companies can sell American oil to foreign
countries without lowering the price for American citizens. That is the free market right? The oil companies drill the oil and they get
to sell the oil on the world market. If
the price of gasoline is low in America, then these global energy giants will ship
American oil to the highest bidder until the price of gasoline in America is raised
up to the global level. That isn’t the
biggest problem with the oil market. Fear
mongering is great for the petroleum industry on the global oil market. It seems that all that the Arab world has to
do is threaten Israel and price of oil sky rockets due to speculation.

OPEC is not going to let America lower the price of Oil

If all of that isn't bad enough, we have Russia and the OPEC
nations producing a lot of the world’s oil.
If America does decide to try to drill itself out of high gas prices,
then all that these less than friendly nations have to do is cut their production and American oil
will be flowing away from U.S. consumers to the rest of the world.
This might be good for American oil companies, but it is not the best
case scenario for American energy consumers.
As long as Saudi Arabia and the other OPEC nations have their hands on
the oil spigot, we will always be at their mercy when it comes to the cost of
oil.

Hate the Chevy Volt, but love the concept

This is why all Americans should support technology like the
Chevy Volt. We need to encourage
industry to produce vehicles that benefit America’s economic security and
national security. The government is
going to waste money. That is what it
does. How many times do you heard about
a military jet or tank program that was canceled? That is wasted money as far as those projects
go, but the R&D involved with those platforms can lead to new development
in other programs. Likewise, any money
that has been wasted by the government on the Chevy Volt may still result in a
technological breakthrough down the line.
We are still investing money in cancer research and no one complains
that people are still dying of cancer, what is the difference? I don’t think
that anyone opposes cancer research other than Dr. No and his loyal band of
followers. It costs billions of dollars to send a man to
the moon, and Newt Gingrich wants to put a colony on the moon. I think that it would be much more beneficial
for our money to stay on the earth and focus our national attention on energy
independence for the good of America.

The Chevy Volt is not the final answer to our energy
independence, but it is a leap forward. Maybe electric vehicles will never become a
practical form of transportation for Americans.
That is definitely a possibility.
But putting our focus on energy independence is not a bad thing. Rather than thinking of the Chevy Volt as a
pay back to big labor unions, conservatives should view the Chevy Volt as a
focus on energy independence. I don’t
remember hearing conservatives attack President Bush for giving government
money to research hydrogen
fuel cell vehicles, so why are so many people hostile toward the Chevy
Volt? I will never buy a Chevy Volt
(here is why), and you may never buy a Chevy Volt, but if someone wants to buy
a Chevy Volt I will applaud their contribution toward American Energy
Independence. Even if that person is a
liberal that is more concerned about the environment than America’s Energy
independence. That person will still be doing their part to take us off of foreign oil.

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